[[{“fid”:”819″,”view_mode”:”full”,”fields”:{“format”:”full”,”field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]”:””,”field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]”:”Sandy PC – 4.25.14″},”type”:”media”,”attributes”:{“title”:”Sandy PC – 4.25.14″,”style”:”height: 113px; width: 200px; border-width: 3px; border-style: solid; margin: 2px; float: right;”,”class”:”media-element file-full”}}]]Furious that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development could divert some of the approximately $3.5 billion in aid expected to assist the victims of Hurricane Sandy in rebuilding — and area municipalities in preparing for […]

[[{“fid”:”826″,”view_mode”:”full”,”fields”:{“format”:”full”,”field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]”:””,”field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]”:”Media RT – April 2014″},”type”:”media”,”attributes”:{“title”:”Media RT – April 2014″,”style”:”height: 267px; width: 200px; border-width: 3px; border-style: solid; margin: 2px; float: left;”,”class”:”media-element file-full”}}]]Members of the media were treated to a special session hosted by Canarsie’s congressman – Hakeem Jeffries (8th Congressional District). Congressman Jeffries gave editors and reporters of the City’s weekly publications a unique opportunity, in […]

[[{“fid”:”821″,”view_mode”:”full”,”fields”:{“format”:”full”,”field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]”:””,”field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]”:”NYDN – Todd Maisel”},”type”:”media”,”attributes”:{“title”:”NYDN – Todd Maisel”,”style”:”height: 118px; width: 180px; border-width: 2px; border-style: solid; margin: 2px; float: left;”,”class”:”media-element file-full”}}]]The Prison Ship Martyrs Monument in Fort Greene Park could become a U.S. National Park Service landmark under a bill passed by the House of Representatives Monday night. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-Brooklyn) introduced the bill because he […]

A Revolutionary War crypt in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene Park is a step closer to being named a National Monument. The House passed a bill Monday requiring the National Park Service to do a study of the Prison Ship Martyr’s Monument, which holds the remains of more than 11,000 Continental Army soldiers. All the troops died […]

Central Brooklyn is facing a health care crisis with hospitals hemorrhaging money and “an infusion of resources” is needed to solve the problem, U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries told reporters during a roundtable discussion in his downtown Brooklyn office Thursday morning. Jeffries (D-Bedford-Stuyvesant-Canarsie- Brighton Beach) pointed to the troubled financial situations at Long Island College Hospital […]

[[{“fid”:”819″,”view_mode”:”full”,”fields”:{“format”:”full”,”field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]”:””,”field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]”:”Sandy PC – 4.25.14″},”type”:”media”,”attributes”:{“title”:”Sandy PC – 4.25.14″,”style”:”height: 141px; width: 250px; border-width: 2px; border-style: solid; margin: 2px; float: left;”,”class”:”media-element file-full”}}]]NEW YORK, N.Y. – Today, Congressmen Gregory W. Meeks (D-Southeast Queens, Rockaway, Nassau) and Hakeem Jeffries (D- Brooklyn, Queens) held a press conference on the steps of New York City Hall, calling on the Department of Housing […]

It’s a good bet that most New Yorkers, and most of the residents of the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn, know little about the neighborhood’s role in the birth of this country, but national recognition of its ties to the American Revolutionary may soon be on the way. NY1’s Jeanine Ramirez filed the following report. […]

Washington – During a House Judiciary Committee Department of Justice oversight hearing on April 8, 2014, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8) questioned the sole witness, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, on the Administration’s response to gun violence in Brooklyn and throughout America. During the line of questioning, Congressman Jeffries observed that many of the illegal guns […]

WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8) released the following statement supporting the availability of Halal food in the New York City public school system: “New York City public school students should not be compelled to go hungry in order to adhere to religious dietary restrictions.  All of our children deserve the best opportunity to […]

U.S. Representative Hakeem Jeffries discusses his work representing New York's 8th congressional district, which includes parts of Queens and Brooklyn.